Biography
Professor Yan focuses on social media in healthcare, social networks and large-scale data analysis, business analytics and data-driven decision making.
Industry Expertise (1)
Education/Learning
Areas of Expertise (7)
Data-Driven Decision Support
Data Analysis
Healthcare
Social Media
Social Media in Healthcare
Social Networks
Business Analytics
Accomplishments (12)
Young Researcher Best Paper Award Runner-up, the 9th Conference on Health IT and Analytics (CHITA) (professional)
2018
Nominated for Indiana University Outstanding Junior Faculty Awards (professional)
2018
ODT Faculty Scholar Award, Indiana University (professional)
2017
Best Student Paper Award Runner-up, the 8th Conference on Health IT and Analytics (professional)
2017
Best Paper Award Runner-up, Humanitarian Operations & Crisis Management Track, POMS (professional)
2016
Young Researcher Award, Workshop on Economics of Healthcare IT (professional)
2012
Bertauche Endowed Fellowship Dissertation Funding, University of Washington (professional)
2010 – 2011
Best Paper Nomination, Conference on Information Systems and Technology (professional)
2011
Best Student Paper Nomination, Conference on Information Systems and Technology (professional)
2011
Best Paper Nomination, Conference on Information Systems and Technology (professional)
2010
Global Business Center's Summer Doctoral Fellowship University of Washington (professional)
2010
International Conference on Information Systems Doctoral Consortium Fellow (professional)
2010
Education (4)
University of Washington: Ph.D., Information Systems 2012
University of Washington: M.S.B.A., Information Systems 2012
San Diego State University: M.S., Computer Science 2005
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics: B.E., Computer Science 2001
Links (1)
Articles (3)
Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes: The Effects of Mismatches between Social Support and Health Outcomes in an Online Weight Loss Community
Production and Operations Management
2018
Feeling blue? go online: an empirical study of social support among patients
Information Systems Research
2014